Rep. Ron Paul is using Monday’s high-profile incident of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) detaining his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, at a Tennessee airport to raise money for his presidential campaign. (more)
Herman Cain has the support of a man who is proud to be an American — and has a song to prove it. (more)
Weiner campaign signs are becoming a must-have collector’s items in Nashville, Tennessee. The signs, however, do not belong to the allegedly sex-addicted New York congressman. (more)
Texas country music firebrand Miranda Lambert won big at the 44th Country Music Assn. Awards ceremony on Wednesday in Nashville, taking home trophies for best album, top female vocalist and top video in connection with her album “Revolution.” Brad Paisley took the night’s top award as entertainer of the year, and Lady Antebellum’s chart-topping hit “Need You Now” was named the year’s best single. (more)
Federal and local investigators swept through the Twin Cities area Monday and arrested more than 20 suspects in connection to an extensive human trafficking investigation involving members of a Somali gang, sources confirmed. (more)
Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips explained why he sent out an e-mail that included the Muslim faith of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison on a list of reasons not to support him, claiming that Tea Party members ought to “seriously consider” whether they should vote for a candidate who adheres to Islam. (more)
NASHVILLE – Watch out. Kenny Britt just scored again. The Eagles’ coaches still have not made an adjustment, but they will. There is still time. (more)
WASHINGTON— A study released yesterday found that offering teachers annual bonuses of up to $15,000 had no effect on student test scores — a result likely to inflame debate about performance pay programs sprouting in schools nationwide. (more)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A handful of Roman Catholic convents are contradicting the decades-long slide in the number of women choosing to devote their lives to the sisterhood. And at least two of them are doing it by sticking to tradition, including the wearing of habits. (more)
Tea Party leaders say a series of reports by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) attempting to connect the Tea Party movement with domestic terrorists in the militia movement shows how desperate the left has become trying to stop the political juggernaut. (more)
Meet Basil Marceaux, Republican candidate for Tennessee governor. Then again, there’s a good chance you already have. (more)
(AP) Basil Marceaux says he’s pleased with the national attention he’s getting for his Republican gubernatorial bid in Tennessee, even if the coverage has largely mocked the perennial candidate. (more)
CHICAGO — After promising for a year and a half to take the witness stand, Rod Blagojevich is likely to testify in his own defense at his federal corruption trial this week in a long-awaited duel of wits and wills with federal prosecutors. (more)
In the new documentary Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself, Dwight Yoakam recalls a story Dick Clark once told him about the country legend early in his career. “You’re a movie star,” Clark allegedly told Haggard in the late ’60s. “Please, would you just cut one or two pop songs? You could be as big as anybody in terms of crossing over.” (more)
PORTLAND — Police explained Thursday why they reopened a sexual-assault investigation into Al Gore, saying an extra review was needed because detectives looking into the matter last year failed to notify high-ranking officials of their decision to drop the case. (more)
Sandra Bullock does seem to be getting back to normal — her normal joking self, that is, though she rolled it into the shape of a “musical contribution” Tuesday night at “Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery.” (more)
First an Oscar, now a Grammy in the cards for Sandra Bullock? (more)
“My goal for this is to turn this into a play or film,” Billy Cerveny said about his new album, Donnelly Carter Payne. It’s a novel concept, one that has worked wonders in the past, albeit in reverse, in Bob Dylan’s Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and Neil Young’s After the Goldrush. (more)
Today marks the official start of the World Cup in South Africa. If you’re clinging to hope that Team USA will end the tournament victorious, try an Underdog Martini. This ‘Top World Cup Drink’ is perfect for serving at a World Cup viewing party, or alternatively for drowning sorrows when one’s favorite team gets an unfavorable result. (more)
Still recovering from the recent devastating floods, Nashville got its groove back in a big way Wednesday night at the CMT Music Awards, country music’s only fan-voted award show. (more)
